Motive Studios

Motive Studios (also known as EA Motive or Motive) is a Canadian video game developer and studio of Electronic Arts (EA) based in Montreal.

Motive Studios
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
Founded13 July 2015 (2015-07-13)
FounderJade Raymond
Headquarters
Montreal
,
Canada
Number of locations
2 studios (2018)
Key people
Patrick Klaus (general manager)
Number of employees
>100[1] (2017)
ParentElectronic Arts
Websiteea.com/studios/motive

History

Motive Studios was founded within Electronic Arts (EA) by Jade Raymond, a former Ubisoft executive and producer, at the helm. Her appointment was announced on 13 July 2015.[2] Motive focuses on action-adventure games and creating new intellectual properties.[3][4]

Kim Swift was hired as Motive's design director in January 2017.[5] The Montreal studio of BioWare, another EA developer, was merged into Motive in August 2017.[6] A Vancouver branch for Motive was announced in June 2018.[7] Following Raymond's departure in 2018, Patrick Klaus, a former managing director for Ubisoft Quebec, was hired by EA as senior vice-president and Motive's general manager.[8]

Games developed
Year Title Platform(s) Notes Ref.
2017 Star Wars Battlefront II Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One In collaboration with DICE and Criterion Games [9]
2020 Star Wars: Squadrons Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One N/A [10]

References
  1. Takahashi, Dean (9 May 2017). "Jade Raymond's EA Motive studio now employs more than 100 people". VentureBeat.
  2. Molina, Brett (13 July 2015). "EA launches Montreal studio with ex-Ubisoft developer". USA Today.
  3. Pereira, Chris (15 October 2015). "EA Wants to Expand Into the GTA, Assassin's Creed "Gigantic Action" Game Genre". GameSpot.
  4. Saed, Sherif (17 November 2015). "EA working on its own action game in the style of Assassin's Creed". VG247.
  5. Makuch, Eddie (19 January 2007). "Portal, Left 4 Dead Developer Kim Swift Joins EA". GameSpot.
  6. Kerr, Chris (1 August 2017). "EA confirms BioWare Montreal is merging with Motive". Gamasutra.
  7. Kerr, Chris (1 June 2018). "Battlefront II developer EA Motive expands with Vancouver opening". Gamasutra.
  8. Sinclair, Brendan (12 December 2019). "Motive GM establishes means and opportunity". GamesIndustry.biz.
  9. Sarkar, Samit (29 March 2017). "Star Wars Battlefront 2 officially announced". Polygon.
  10. Skrebels, Joe (15 June 2020). "Star Wars: Squadrons Officially Revealed, Out in October". IGN.
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